Our friends Jonathan & Becky have just got themselves a kitten, and on Sunday we went round to meet Oscar. He's a very solemn little kitten at the moment, who was carefully exploring the house and he squeaks adorably when he wants you to pick him up for a cuddle.

I find this statement very confusing, the correct cat ratio is a minimum of 1:1. You are clearly SHORT at least one cat. That you've been suffering in this state as long as you have is frankly alarming.